Description/Interesting Notes:
A fantastic, old time example of sodalite from Canada!!! This specimen consists of a solid mass of intense deep blue sodalite!!! The sodalite has
choice color and - most notably - marked clarity!!! There are numerous areas where the specimen has significant translucence with small areas of near gemminess!!!
There are also broad cleavage faces that display significant luster as well!!! The specimen is really quite striking in person!!! This is old time
material from the collection of Albert Peppis!!! This specimen retains its original Peppis collection label as well!!! The pics hardly do it justice!!!
Albert Peppis was born July 5th, 1899 and died July 12th, 1989 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where his collection had
layed dormant for nearly 20 years until our acquisition of the collection!!! Albert was an avid mineral collector
and prolific field collector throughout the northeastern United States!!! Peppis collected most prolifically between the late 1920's throughout the
1960's although he coninued to acquire specimens in his later years as well!!! Albert was both a member of the
Franklin Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society and the New York City Mineralogical Society!!! Peppis was a close friend of Alvin and Raymond Schortmann and
collected extensively with them at the Ruggles Mine in New Hampshire during the trips that began their mineral dealing careers!!!
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